mountaineers

dearest readers, i write you this blog from "the guest house at lost river," the gay-owned b&b michael and i are staying at this weekend. it's in the

middle

of

nowhere. and it's absolutely beautiful. we're the youngest people here by 5 (10?) years, as we expected. there's one wonderfully stereotypical lesbian couple--megan and laurie, megan an opinionated "physician" (not doctor, oh no) who likes college football and informed us at breakfast that all the looters in new orleans should just be shot by the national guard. now it's back to the pool, where i'm reading mark doty and frying with a bunch of middle-aged gays.

life is good.

ps.

there's literally no (NO!) cellphone reception here. but there's email...